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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cooking pot with handle

19th century

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This is a circular metal cooking pot with a long handle. The handle is slightly curved and has a small opening at the end. Its opposite end is a t-shaped flange attached to the pot via two rivets. There is an Old Slave Mart label on underside of handle. It…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.6
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cooking pot with three legs

19th century

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This cast iron cooking pot has three short conical legs on the bottom. It has a swinging handle bent through two small loops attached to the sides of the vessel. It has an opening that flares slightly wider than the base. There is a small metal loop…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.4
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cooking pots and grain

2004 November 12

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Cooking pots and grain in cooking area. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 85.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0218
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cooking Stove in the home of Mrs. Cleola McFarland, near the Homochitto River in rural Wilkinson County, Mississippi

November 1976

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This black and white photographic print depicts a cast iron stove in the corner of a room. The stove has four stove eyes on top, and a rectangular closed door on the front. The word "BEACON" appears across the top of the door in raised letters. There is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.125.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cooking utensils for sale at a market in Mopti, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Cooking utensils for sale at a market in Mopti, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0540
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cooking utensils in Taneka village, Natitingou, Benin

2004 November 15

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Cooking utensils in Taneka village. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 140.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0401
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Cooking With Patrick Clark: A Tribute to the Man and His Cuisine

1999

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A hardcover cookbook (a) with a removable dust jacket (b) titled Cooking with Patrick Clark by Charlie Trotter. The dust jacket cover is matte white and features a black and white photographic portrait of Clark at the top center with name of book in center…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.17
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Music

Cool C

1969–

Christopher Douglas Roney (born December 15, 1969), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American former rapper active in the late 1980s. He is also known for his involvement in the murder of Philadelphia Police officer Lauretha Vaird during a bank…

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Music

Cool Nutz

1972–

Terrance Scott (born May 11, 1972), better known by his stage name Cool Nutz, is an American rapper, radio personality, entrepreneur, tour manager and record label owner. He was born and raised in the Woodlawn, Portland, Oregon neighborhood. Growing up in…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Cool Papa Bell

1903–1991

James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 – March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder and pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Mexican League from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. He was…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Coolio

1963–2022

Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper, songwriter and record producer. He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for…

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Music

Cooly G

Biography

Merrisa Campbell, known by her recording alias Cooly G, is a British singer, rapper, producer and DJ, living in London. She has released two albums of bass music on Hyperdub: Playin' Me (2012) and Wait 'Til Night (2014).

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Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Coons and Melons

ca. 1895

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An albumen print on cabinet card depicting two (2) African American boys eating watermelon. The photograph shows the boys seated on either side of a wooden crate; the text "Coons and Melons" appears in the image on the side of the crate. Each boy holds a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.117.6
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Historical photographs & documents

Coosa – Randolph

1866

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Cataloged as “Coosa – Randolph”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, Item 3.1.7.3
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Copies of Letters Sent — Talladega (Subassistant Commissioner)

Mar.–July 1866

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Unbound copies of letters sent, March–July 1866, are arranged chronologically. Several of these letters are duplicated in the corresponding volume of letters sent, 1 (164).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.27.2
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Archival documents & files

Copies of Marriage Certificates — Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of copies of marriage certificates, December 1864–June 1867 (150), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The last part of the volume, September 1866–June 1867, is a register of marriages rather than copies of the certificates.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.27.7
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Historical photographs & documents

Copies of Reports and Returns by the Superintendent

Dec. 1865–Apr. 1867

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Cataloged as “Copies of Reports and Returns by the Superintendent”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, Item 3.4.8.1
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Archival documents & files

Copies of Reports and Returns by the Superintendent — Chattanooga (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound copies of reports and returns by the superintendent, December 1865–April 1867, are arranged chronologically. The series includes returns of abandoned property, and reports on such topics as conditions and operations, outrages, persons and articles…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.8
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Archival documents & files

Copies of Reports — Helena (Phillips County)

1864–67

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Unbound copies of reports, 1864–67, are arranged by type of report. Included are monthly reports of freedmen, reports of refugees and freedmen receiving rations, and reports of deeds.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.10.1
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Archival documents & files

Copies of Reports of Officers, Enlisted Men, and Civilians on Duty — Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–68

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Unbound copies of reports of officers, enlisted men, and civilians on duty, 1866–68, are arranged chronologically. These are retained copies of those forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.79.7
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Historical photographs & visual records

Copies of the Book "Cry, The Beloved Country" by Alan Paton, Natal

February 1949

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This photograph was taken when Constance Stuart was on assignment for Harper's Bazaar, an American magazine. Her task was to create a portfolio inspired by the seminal book "Cry, The Beloved Country," which had brought the conditions in South Africa to the…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-060040
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Copper and brass cuff designed by Winifred Mason

ca. 1936-1951

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A copper and brass cuff designed and created by Winifred Mason Chenet. The copper brass cuff has a wide band that is hammer textured. On the center of the front of the cuff is a diamond shape metal piece with rounded side edges, a flattened bottom, and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.9.4
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Copper cuff by Winifred Mason Chenet

ca. 1936-1951

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Copper cuff by Winifred Mason Chenet. The main body of the cuff is made from a single sheet of smooth copper, molded into a cylindrical shape and layered with additional brass pieces on the top and bottom. The textured brass pieces have been cut and shaped…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.108.5
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